ISLE OF FRANCE AND BOURBON under NAPOLEON I - Lot 780

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ISLE OF FRANCE AND BOURBON under NAPOLEON I - Lot 780
ISLE OF FRANCE AND BOURBON under NAPOLEON I 10 Pounds in silver called "Piastre Decaen" by the engraver Aveline 1810 Port Louis. Grooved edge. Very rare. Very nice copy. General Decaen Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen, energetic governor of the Mascareignes from 1803 to 1810, had a silver coin of 10 Livres minted in Saint Louis by the goldsmith Aveline, which the colonists called "piastre Decaen". These coins were issued following the decrees, inserted in the code of the Islands of France and Reunion, issued in the Island of France (Mauritius) by General Decaen, on March 6 and 8, 1810 and were struck with silver ingots recovered from the Dutch vessel "Ouvidor" by the French privateer Pierre Bouvet. Pierre François Henry Étienne Bouvet de Maisonneuve was born on September 28, 1775 on Bourbon Island and died in France at Saint-Servan on June 18, 1860. As was often the case under the Ancien Régime, young Bouvet began learning the sea trade at the age of eleven by embarking as a volunteer with his father, a ship's captain. For three years, he sailed the seas of the East Indies. Appointed midshipman in 1792, he sailed in the Mediterranean and began to climb the hierarchical ladder, becoming ensign in July 1793. In 1799, he commanded the privateer "Le Furet", which was taken by the English and soon exchanged (this misadventure happened again in 1807). From 1803 to 1810, he sailed and fought against the English in the Indian Ocean and the China Seas. Along with Duperré and Hamelin, he became the nightmare of the British. In August 1810, Commodore Pym attacked the Île de France and four English frigates succeeded in forcing the entrance to the Grand Port, but on August 20, the Duperré division returned from a cruise (Bouvet commanded the "Minerve"). A furious battle ensued and the English division was completely destroyed. Afterwards, overwhelmed by the numbers, General Decaen, governor of the island, had to sign an honorable surrender. Bouvet returned to Europe and successively commanded two frigates: "La Clorinde" and "L'Aréthuse", with which he hunted down the English trade. On February 7, 1813, with "L'Aréthuse", he fought a glorious battle with the English frigate "Amélie", which managed to flee under cover of darkness. Since 1822, he was retired with the honorary rank of Rear Admiral.
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